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Source: HUB Photography: Ilse Liekens The ‘Den Draad’ project consists of two new residential buildings on a brownfield site which is earmarked for redevelopment into a new, sustainable residential zone and a green neighbourhood park of 1.5 ha. In this context, the margins of the existing block are completed with new residences. On the boundary between the park and this new street façade, two residential buildings ha

Source: EM2N Picture: Roger Frei The Parkhotel in Zug planned to erect a temporary ancillary hotel building on a public site that in 12 to 15 years time will be used as the services area for a road building project. Despite the limited life-span this hotel was to meet the requirements of a four-star facility and to have an unmistakeable character. We developed this project from the serial character of hotel buildings

Source: EM2N Architkten The project «MEXTLI” gets its scale from the surrounding logistics and commercial buildings. The new volume will fit into city area being unpretentious and offering an uniqueness public place. A large, dark-colored concrete base anchored the building between track and motorway. On the base is an integrated open hall conecting with Vulkanstrasse where the visitors can enter through the sp

Source: Caruso St. John Architects The site for the new Zurich Arena is at the edge of the city, a place where the urban structure has run out. This is a good place for a new sports arena and is an opportunity to mark the beginning of the city with a public building that makes a festive place for ice hockey and volleyball. The design proposes a building with qualities somewhere between a monument and a tent. The clar

Pictures: Oscar Roselló What is it? An industrial building? A warehouse? A greenhouse? The Swiss office Graber Pulver Architects provides with the construction of the “Ecole des Métiers” in Fribourg confusion and amazement. At first glance, is not clear what is the intention of this large-scale volume. The 170 m school building with its industrial facade and roof is buckled in the industrial area along th